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London - British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday that FIFA's reputation had hit rock-bottom following the "farce" surrounding the re-election of world football supremo Sepp Blatter.
Speaking during Prime Minister's Questions in parliament, Cameron called on football's global governing body to become "more transparent and more accountable" in future.
"Personally, I have seen football governance at an international level and I wasn't that impressed by what I saw," Cameron said.
"What I would say is this: FIFA's reputation is now at an all-time low and obviously the election with just one candidate was something of a farce but it has to become more transparent and more accountable.
"They have got to prove that they are actually capable of doing the job that they are meant to.
"But ultimately change has got to come from within football and I am sure the FA will want to play a very major role in helping to bring that about."
Cameron was left humiliated last December when England's 2018 World Cup bid was eliminated with just two votes during a FIFA ballot in Zurich.
The British leader had featured prominently in the final days of campaigning, shuttling between London and Zurich to lobby voters in a doomed attempt to secure support for the English bid.
